Authors

Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK and UrbNet, Aarhus University, Denmark

Keywords:
Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Synopsis

This report details activities carried out during a season of archaeological fieldwork at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar (July 2017) as part of the Urban transitions in the Zanzibar archipelago project sponsored by the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions, Aarhus University. Field research focussed on 3 main objectives: prospecting for house deposits and excavations of occupation deposits, geoarchaeological survey, and multi-scalar sampling of environmental and archaeological contexts. The report illustrates the field research strategies and interim results.